Upgrade Tiger to Snow Leopard...... hardware upgrades?

Hope I'm putting this in the right location.
I'm currently running my MacBook in it's original configuration, as follows..
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.13f3
Serial Number: 3R648MBSWGL
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Volumes:
GMacBook HD:
Capacity: 74.21 GB
Available: 13.21 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Up to now all is working well, but as my wife has a new MB running snow leopard and I don't want to get any odd file compatibility issues etc, it's time for an update.
So I'm just wondering are there any preparatory hardware upgrades I should be considering?
I only have the original 1GB of RAM...... I see from the apple store that I need to identify which generation my machine is...... from the above I thought it looks like Gen 2- is this correct?
Since I only have a bit more hard drive space left, I'd consider upping that too, but I could manage with an external if the cost was disproportionate.
Final question is will the Snow Leopard box set family pack upgrade straight from 10.4.11 without any intermediate steps?
I'm assuming that software-wise I nede to follow one of the recent guides on the forum ie tidy up unwanted files and apps, permissions before a fresh backup (superduper?).
Apologies for the slightly rambling approach (forming the question becomes a part of my decision process)
Cheers
Gareth

To answer your final question first you can upgrade from 10.4 to 10.6 with no problems. Any program that runs under 10.4 will run under 10.6. You can install and run 10.6 with what you have in the MacBook right now. 1gb of RAM and the 80gb hard drive. I recently upgraded an older MacBook (1,1) with the same configuration. The generation of your machine simply tells you how much RAM you can use. 1,1 can use 2gb of RAM, 2,1 can use 3gb, 3,1 can use 4gb. Here's EveryMac.com's page on your MacBook http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/stats/macbook-core-2-duo-2.0-white -13-specs.html
If you want to upgrade your RAM and hard drive you can do so for about $50 for each.
For RAM check DealRam.com http://dealnews.com/memory/prices/systems/Apple-Mac-Book-PC2-5300-DDR2-SODIMMS/4 3938/2GB.html or OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/
Your MacBook can hold two 2gb chips but can only use 3gb. I've got my 2,1 with one 1gb and one 2gb and don't notice any slowdown.
For hard drives try Newegg.com http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=380&name=Laptop-Hard-Dr ives or OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/2.5-Notebook/
Here's instructions on replacing RAM http://homeoffice.consumerelectronicsnet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=44404 and hard drive http://creativemac.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=45088

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